Improved portable lantern



H L. KASSEBAU M.

I Portable Lantern.

No. 47,733. I Patented May 16, I865.

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HENRY L. KASSEBAUM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED PORTABLE LANTERN.

. Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,733, dated May16, 1865.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY L. KASSE- BAUM, of the city, county, andState'of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inLanterns for Campaign Clubs, Societies, Hunters, and other Purposes; andI do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,figures, and letters of reference thereon, making part of thisspecification.

Of the said drawings, Figure 1' shows a side Fig. 2 is an end elevation.Fig. 3 is a top view. Fig. 4 shows the lantern as partly folded, andFig. 5 shows it completely folded for transportation.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the drawings.

My invention consists in so combining and arranging the parts of alantern that it may be readily folded and packed in. a small space fortransportation, as will be fully set forth hereinafter.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willdescribe the construction and operation of the same.

I take light cord or pasteboard or other thin material for the top A andbottom B. I then take paper muslin or other transparent material for thesides, two of which, E E, are folded in the middle, as shown in the redlines, Fig. 2. The other two, D D, are then folded in the same manner,and also folded diagonally, as shown in red lines in Fig. 1, and thesides are then united to the top and bottom A and B by pasting orgluing.

The top A is cut out, as shown in Fig. 3, to insert the candle or lamp,and is provided with a bail or handle, 0, which is joined to ears a a,as shown. A common candle or lamp is inserted in a proper manner topreserve a vertical position; but as the light forms no part of myinvention a further description thereof is considered unnecessary.

In the process of folding up the lantern two of the sides will assumethe position shown in Fig 4, being the s ime a so. common bellows, whilethe other two will assume the shape shown in the top view, Fig. 3.

The advantages of my invention will be obvious. Societies, clubs,hunters, 860., can provide themselves with a lantern, which may bereadily packed in a small space when not wanted, and they may be carriedby individuals in the pocket for ready use.

I claim- The folding sides, in combination with the top and bottom andhandle for carrying the same, whereby I am enabled to make a cheap andportable lantern, substantially :as described, and for the purposes setforth.

HENRY L. KASSEBAUM.

Witnesses O. A. DURGIN, J. P. CRAWFORD.

